tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9612609.post8509094154321610769..comments2023-09-29T06:58:20.125-07:00Comments on Badtux the Snarky Penguin: A recipe for victory in AfghanistanBadTuxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01345749557330760251noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9612609.post-75255424666391383452009-12-16T13:29:38.940-08:002009-12-16T13:29:38.940-08:00I enjoyed that article, it makes a very good point...I enjoyed that article, it makes a very good point, the ideas that we have been using as a state are not working. Can anyone be surprised by the state of the nation at this stage.Chocolate Molehttp://arewhatyoueat.blogspot.com/2009/03/chocolate-desserts-mole.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9612609.post-60786283273701243382009-12-14T05:22:15.724-08:002009-12-14T05:22:15.724-08:00That idea makes too much sense, you're going t...That idea makes too much sense, you're going to have to re-work it. There are many in the taliban who are fighting because it is a job. If you stabilised the country, got rid of Karzai - a tinpot dictator that just happens to have powerful friends, then the country will have some chance.Finance Consideredhttp://financeconsidered.wordpress.com/2009/06/17/obama-and-financial-regulation/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9612609.post-75236727189193221012009-12-09T16:47:47.897-08:002009-12-09T16:47:47.897-08:00Montag, yes, you guessed it, I was snarking. I'...Montag, yes, you guessed it, I was snarking. I'm well aware of the corruption problem, see the prior post.<br /><br />w3ski, alas it isn't that simple. Afghanistan is so corrupt that if we airdropped 38 billion dollars over Afghanistan tomorrow, the next morning 37 billion dollars of that cash would show up in various Afghan officials' bank accounts.<br /><br />- Badtux the Sadly-not-that-simple PenguinBadTuxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01345749557330760251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9612609.post-61304144705382780042009-12-09T16:35:18.105-08:002009-12-09T16:35:18.105-08:00Right Effin On ! Best solution I have heard for Af...Right Effin On ! Best solution I have heard for Afganistan.<br />Too simple to work tho. <br />Can you maybe dress it up like a fancy game plan with lots of lines or 500 page thesis? That might interest the powers that be.<br /> w3skiw3skihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13993709956954374919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9612609.post-54350824927784728012009-12-09T16:17:52.481-08:002009-12-09T16:17:52.481-08:00Your estimate is probably low because it would be ...Your estimate is probably low because it would be hard to get that much money past Karzai of the Afghans and his war & drug lord buddies and the Taliban without at least half sticking to them. Still, it's cheap at 3 times the price.montaghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15333471337818106739noreply@blogger.com